She was a lovely person
Friends with my friend’s fiancee;
They travelled down from Baltimore
To spend the holiday
I had just got a kitten
From the local shelter’s care;
When they came by to visit
I became, well, quite aware
How pretty and how funny and
How interesting she seemed;
And as she watched the kitten play
Her laughing visage beamed
We spent two weeks together
Mostly her, the cat, and me —
Agreeing we would correspond
And see what we could be
But letters, calls and flowers
Couldn’t bridge us o’er the span
Of distance in a romance that
Had barely yet began
But she was honest, forthright
And it ended gracefully;
She, so soon then married —
Still alone
My cat
And me
